Proclamation 8159

Delivered on 2 July 2007. 72 FR37095The President also issued a statement accompanying this grant.
After the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit refused to allow Libby to defer his report to prison for his conviction while pursuing his direct appeal, George W. Bush commuted his sentence from a $250,000 fine and 30 months in prison to just the fine.

Now, Therefore, I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, pursuant to my powers under Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, do hereby commute the prison terms imposed by the sentence upon the said Lewis Libby to expire immediately, leaving intact and in effect the two-year term of supervised release, with all its conditions, and all other components of the sentence.

In Witness Thereof, I have hereunto set my hand this second day of July, in the year of our Lord two thousand and seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.